Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to blah
Participle: blahed
Gerund: blahing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | blah |
| you | blah |
| he;she;it | blahs |
| we | blah |
| you | blah |
| they | blah |
Perfect
| I | have blahed |
| you | have blahed |
| he;she;it | has blahed |
| we | have blahed |
| you | have blahed |
| they | have blahed |
Past
| I | blahed |
| you | blahed |
| he;she;it | blahed |
| we | blahed |
| you | blahed |
| they | blahed |
Pluperfect
| I | had blahed |
| you | had blahed |
| he;she;it | had blahed |
| we | had blahed |
| you | had blahed |
| they | had blahed |
Future
| I | will blah |
| you | will blah |
| he;she;it | will blah |
| we | will blah |
| you | will blah |
| they | will blah |
Future Perfect
| I | will have blahed |
| you | will have blahed |
| he;she;it | will have blahed |
| we | will have blahed |
| you | will have blahed |
| they | will have blahed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | blah |
| you | blah |
| he;she;it | blah |
| we | blah |
| you | blah |
| they | blah |
Perfect
| I | have blahed |
| you | have blahed |
| he;she;it | have blahed |
| we | have blahed |
| you | have blahed |
| they | have blahed |
Imperfect
| I | blahed |
| you | blahed |
| he;she;it | blahed |
| we | blahed |
| you | blahed |
| they | blahed |
Pluperfect
| I | had blahed |
| you | had blahed |
| he;she;it | had blahed |
| we | had blahed |
| you | had blahed |
| they | had blahed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would blah |
| you | would blah |
| he;she;it | would blah |
| we | would blah |
| you | would blah |
| they | would blah |
Perfect
| I | would have blahed |
| you | would have blahed |
| he;she;it | would have blahed |
| we | would have blahed |
| you | would have blahed |
| they | would have blahed |
Imperative
| you | blah |
| we | Let's blah |
| you | blah |
Verbs conjugated like 'blah'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'blah'
blab,
blag,
blat,
aah,
ah,
baa,
bab,
bach,
bad,
bag,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. * Sense “Idle, meaningless talk” (1940), probably imitative or echoic in origin. Compare Ancient Greek βαρ-βαρ (bar-bar, “unintelligible sounds”), of which the word barbarian derives from.
2. * Adjective sense “bland, dull” (1919), perhaps influenced by French blasé (“bored, indifferent”).
3. * The blahs (“boredom, mild depression”) first attested 1969; probably a blend of the blues + blah (adjective).
4. * Also may be connected with bleat
Sample Sentences
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Ooh, I feel so guilty, I've got far too much money — […] So give it away, endow a charitable foundation, burn it, but stop blahing on about it […] [2014, Shelagh Stephenson, Ancient Lights, page 28:]
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Someone else said to me: “If you’re writing something again, don’t blah on about winning elections; it really offends them.” [2015 August 29, Tony Blair, “Jeremy Corbyn’s politics are fantasy – just like Alice in Wonderland”, in The Guardian:]